SAN DIEGO, Calif. - A major drug bust in San Diego as the US Coast Guard offloaded more than $275 million worth of illegal cocaine. The crew of Cutter Waseche seized 37,256 pounds of cocaine on Thursday.
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesch has been very, very busy since the month of December. In that time, they seized over 37,000 pounds of
Authorities say a U.S. Navy jet crashed off the coast of San Diego but the two crew members were able to eject and were rescued by a fishing boat.
During a stopover in San Diego Thursday, the crew of a Northern California-based U.S. Coast Guard ship offloaded more than 18 tons of cocaine seized from seafaring traffickers in the Eastern Pacific over the last several months.